The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation’s Rail Services Report: Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region, Volume II: Mid-Atlantic States

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• Alternative Title:
  The Public Response to Secretary of Transportation’s Rail Services Report, Rail Service in Midwest and Northeast Region, Report of Rail Services Planning Office to Us Railway Association. Volume 2, Mid-Atlantic States
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Abandonment Branch Lines Conrail Regional Railroads U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Volume 2
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Abstract:
  Volume II of The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation’s Rail Services Report is part of a three-volume set summarizing public testimony, written submissions, shipper evidence, state and local concerns, and agency comments on the Secretary of Transportation’s 1974 rail service recommendations. Volume II covers the Mid-Atlantic portion of the 3R Act region: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. Prepared by the Rail Services Planning Office of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the United States Railway Association, the report organizes the public record by state, DOT service zone, and individual rail line. It documents local objections to proposed abandonments or excess-line designations, including concerns about industrial relocation, job losses, increased transportation costs, lack of viable truck or water alternatives, effects on agriculture and manufacturing, and the importance of specific rail links to ports, energy facilities, military installations, and regional economic development. In the broader 3R Act process, the report served as an evidentiary bridge between the Secretary’s initial rail service plan and USRA’s later Preliminary and Final System Plans. Rather than proposing a complete restructuring plan of its own, Volume II captured the public and institutional response that USRA was expected to consider when determining which lines should be included in Conrail, made available for subsidy, transferred to other operators, or abandoned. Overall, the report illustrates how national rail restructuring policy was tested against local economic dependence on rail service in the Mid-Atlantic states.
• Content Notes:
  Ex Parte No. 293, Sub-No. 1, Northeastern Rail Investigation
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92052/dot_92052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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